I Have Found A Solution For Writers Who Struggle With Pushing Out Content
Many things plague a writer finding success on the internet.
From the top of my head, three come to mind:
1. What to write about?
2. How often should one write?
3. And the quality of what to write.
The third seems to be the one holding me at the jugular most of the time. You know, when you write an article and think it is not good enough. So, you let it sit in your drafts for months.
I have hundreds of drafts on my Ulysses. I will eventually delete some, and some will make it online.
Why is this so? Simple answer: I think they are not good enough.
The thought that someone has written a better piece on that same topic hinders me from sharing my perspective.
“What is there to say that has not been said?”
What I now realize is that people want to read stuff from another perspective. Another angle, if you may.
That is why I always enjoy reading success stories. Take two online writers, for instance. Though it may seem their journey starts out the same, it is always unique. They go on different paths to find success.
One of my best-performing articles that has made me over $300 on Medium is an article that sat in my drafts for months.
I started writing that article because I had just ordered my first MacBook and was looking for accessories to go with it.
When I started writing that article, my MacBook and the accessories I ordered were still coming from America.
I stopped halfway through the article because I thought it was not good. I thought no one would want to read it. After all, big tech blogs have probably covered it.
It sat in my draft for a few more months, then I finally finished the draft, and God was good. The article had some tiny virality.
I was expecting nothing from that piece. I expected it to be another dud in a sea of dud articles under my belt on Medium.
But the results were an eye-opener.
There I was, thinking it would not be good enough. But people did not care if it was “good.”
All they wanted to read was the information I promised in the title. Period.
All these concepts of “writer’s voice,” “Syntax,” and “kill your darlings” stuff that writers talk about are usually just for writers.
Any other person who isn’t a writer just wants to read something from your perspective and then take something away.
I’ll leave you with this: hitting the PUBLISH button every time you doubt yourself is the best thing you can do for yourself as a writer.
Before you go, I have started a newsletter for writers, where I share the writing information you’ll want to consume from all around the internet, from Podcasts and YouTube videos to Twitter threads and articles. If I find and like it, I’ll share it in The Writepreneur Newsletter.
